Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Through you, Mr President, I remind Senator Boswell that, when his party was part of the government, renewables actually went backwards. They went from 10½ per cent of our electricity supply in 1997 to 9½ per cent in 2007. We have made clear to the market by way of the announcement that was made on this issue what the targets will be. We will be introducing legislation to give effect to that but the government has made clear through the announcement that has been made what the targets for these projects will be and given clarity and certainty to the market as a result. The rest of the clarity and certainty will obviously depend on the Senate chamber and whether the Senate in fact passes the government’s legislation.